It's a beautiful morning in South Carolina.

I'm walking just before sunrise.

Now when I said beautiful, did you think of sunshine and clear skies?

And it's my definition of beautiful, but every now and then, that definition will change.

And I don't know if you can hear, but there's a little bit of light rain falling.

I'm carrying an umbrella.

We've got the birds that are waking up.

There's some tree frogs nearby.

And I guess they're all enjoying the rain as well.

It might get heavier.

The rain might get heavier before we finish our walk today.

And just in case, I'm wearing my trail shoes.

I only wear these when either it's raining or it has just rained.

These shoes, they're not waterproof, but there's a certain amount of water resistance.

I hope the weather where you are, however you define beautiful today, is to your liking and is inviting you for a walk

today. Words matter. You know this. The words we say to others matter. The words we say to ourselves

matter, too. There are two words that you won't

hear on this podcast, at least in this context, and those are the words just and only, as in,

I just walk for exercise. Or I only went for a 10-minute walk today. For one thing, those words

tend to be used when you're comparing yourself, the words of comparison. And oftentimes,

they're words of comparison to others. It seems like others do far more when it comes to fitness and when it comes to exercise.

And so we say, well, I just walk.

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